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Government faces lawsuit for failing to meet Closing the Gap targets

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Australia’s first Aboriginal person to be appointed Minister for Indigenous Australians has warned government may face class action lawsuits for failing to close the gap. Speaking on The Point's special election edition, Former Liberal cabinet minister, Ken Wyatt, also highlighted dysfunction in the funding allocation processes for Indigenous communities.
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